| Position: | Left wing |
| Played For: | Chicago Cougars Minnesota Fighting Saints Quebec Nordiques Edmonton Oilers St. Louis Blues |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Wha Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1972 |
| Career End: | 1983 |
John Curtis Brackenbury (born January 31, 1952, in Kapuskasing, Ontario) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward who played 141 games in the National Hockey League and 257 games in the World Hockey Association. Prior to the merger of the upstart WHA and the NHL, the WHA played European teams and Brackenbury was an MVP in at least one game. He played for the Chicago Cougars, Minnesota Fighting Saints, Quebec Nordiques, Edmonton Oilers, and St. Louis Blues.
In 1986 Brackenbury was recruited to Canada's America's Cup Challenge, the Canada II campaign. He trained with the team in Victoria, BC, San Francisco and Santa Cruz, California, and was chosen as part of the final crew to go to Australia to race for the cup.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1971–72 | Sudbury Cub Wolves | NOJHL | 25 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Jersey Devils | EHL-Sr. | 68 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Chicago Cougars | WHA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Des Moines Capitols | IHL | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Long Island Cougars | NAHL | 45 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 194 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 51 | ||
| 1974–75 | Hampton Gulls | SHL | 46 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 212 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 48 | ||
| 1974–75 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | WHA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 59 | ||
| 1975–76 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | WHA | 59 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 255 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1976–77 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 77 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 146 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 51 | ||
| 1977–78 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 33 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | ||
| 1978–79 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 70 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 155 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 63 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 58 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 153 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1981–82 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Wichita Wind | CHL | 47 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 1982–83 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | CHL | 44 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 141 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 226 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| WHA totals | 265 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 753 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 161 | ||||